Nurses are normally good for following doctors orders. You get the doctor to sign a medical order for turning and it gets charted and initialed. Trying to get a nurse or aide to perform something that is not in the doctor's orders can be difficult. But you learn a much better lesson of advocating for yourself, while learning the defects of a bad system. Your advice should be taught as basic training when entering the emergency room. W
In a message dated 12/29/04 2:43:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I asked for the nurse supervisor and it worked for a little while. I ended up complaining to my therapists, they in turn complained and finally there was a sheet to be signed next to my bed that the aides has to initial every time they came in to turn me. The complaining and finally able to direct my own care freed me of problems. A lot of the aides weren't crazy about me because they wanted to do things there own way, but hey, it's my body.
